GIVEAWAY ALERT!

Elizabeth at Fun in Room 4B is giving away this pencil sharpener. I want to win it.  I would love to win it.  I need to win it.  Everything I've heard about this pencil sharpener sounds like it's a dream come true.There are some steps to follow to have your own chance to win. But like I said -I want to win it.Seriously though, I hope whoever wins it has a magical time sharpening pencils.   Head...

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Free Kindle Books - Fabulous Find Friday

Yay!  Another linky party!  I'm linking up with Elizabeth at Fun in Room 4B to share my newest addiction.  I love reading (when there is time) and even more, I love not having to pay for good books.So I started following Pixel of Ink a couple of months ago and started loading up free books onto my Kindle.  Now you may already know about this site, but it was new to me.      That's what this website...

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I Went Shopping! (Linky Party)

I'm joining the linky party over at Ladybug's Teacher Files.  I love shopping!Here are some of the things that I've gotten lately. From Big Lots: spiral notebooks, pre-sharpened pencils, labels, pencil boxes, glue sticksThe idea:Spiral notebooks will turn into whole class journalsPencil boxes will turn into alphabet/word work collection boxes. From Barnes and Noble:The Daily 5 book (I have used my Kindle version in the past, but...

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Teaching Blog Addict

Why oh why have I never heard of TBA before today?  I just found the website tonight as I was blog hopping, and I'm so thankful that I did.  As a 4th grade teacher, I am always on the lookout for other teachers that are dealing with the same material/curriculum/hormones/maturity level that I am.  I went onto their site and it was so easy for me to navigate to the different grade levels.  Then I found their Pinterest link and......

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Updating My Clipboards

I know there are a lot of different ways to update clipboards.  I've seen the ideas on Pinterest and Classroom DIY.  My first idea was to use contact paper on the clipboards, but I know me and how I was when I was little.  I needed a solid color to focus if I was writing on something.  So I turned to spray paint. Here's how I tackled this project.Materials: 3 blue cans of spray paint, 1 can of metallic, and then the basic...

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Birthday Pencils

For birthdays I have always celebrated in class by having my students make each other a birthday book.    In primary grades they drew the birthday child a picture and wrote a sentence wishing them a happy day.  In my 4th grade classroom, I changed it up to make a birthday wish book.  My students use a 1/2 sheet of copy paper to write a wish for the birthday child.  My wish for you is _____________.  They have to use...

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